Markets start on June 21st, but we’re already enjoying the pleasures of Spring around here. The asparagus, a particular favorite of mine, has been coming up for weeks and is still pushing up plenty of new stalks.
If you’ve never seen an asparagus plant in person, please do. They are bizzare and beautiful things. The spears emerge quickly from the ground, gaining color as they lengthen. If not harvested, our spears grow 3-4 feet and then begin sending out branches from each scale along their sides. The branches burst out in bright green foliage, and will develop brilliant red berries later in the season.
Spring is also the season of waiting… One thing I am waiting especially ardently for is these:
Just starting to blush pink and fill out, they’ll be plump and delicious in a few weeks. (Less, if I’m lucky!)
And one more good sign, the bees are in high activity mode. Our beekeeper Alan has given me an optimistic update for this season, and if all goes well there will be UBC Farm honey for sale this summer.
